West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 46 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: J. B. HARLESS, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: Hon. Peter SILMAN, Kanawha Co [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Walter B. BROOKS, Kanawha Cou [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: Andrew C. CALDERWOOD, Kanawha [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Major John MOULTON, Kanawha C [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Otis Colwell BLAKE, Kanawha C [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: William Hubbard GOODWIN, Kana [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:59:25 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <29bf64b6.251e758d@aol.com> Subject: BIO: J. B. HARLESS, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 399 J. B. HARLESS, proprietor of a general store at Marmet, Kanawha County, W. Va., a representative citizen of this section, was born February 27, 1840, in what was then Kanawha County, Va. His parents were James H. and Spisey (Barker) Harless. James H. Harless was a native of Virginia and was a farmer in his native State for practically all his life, his death occurring when aged sixty-eight years. His wife was also born in Virginia and she outlived him, dying near her seventy-second birthday. They had eight children, J. B. being the third in order of birth. The others were: Martha and Silas, both of whom are deceased; Mary and Nancy, who are also deceased; Rachel, who is the wife of M. Snodgrass; Willard Harold, who is the wife of Albert Harold; and Virginia, who is the wife of L. N. Perry. J. B. Harless describes the schoolhouse, in which he studied his first lessons, as a, log structure with very primitive furnishings, with sessions lasting but three months in the year. On many occasions it became his duty to get up before daylight and find wood with which to build the schoolhouse fire, that being in the contract with the teacher. Mr. Harless then became a farmer and also worked in the tim-ber and continued until he was forty-five years of age, when he discontinued those lines and went into merchandising. He purchased his present store which is favorably located for trade, near the C. & 0. Railroad depot, and he carries a large and well selected stock and does a prosperous business. He owns other property and is one of the substantial men of the place. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army, enlisting in i86i, in the 8th and later the 7th Va. Cav., under Col. Lozier, and served two years, during which time he par-ticipated in the second battle of Bull Run, the battle of Cedar Mountain and many other engagements. He returned from the army practically uninjured and resumed his former busi-ness activities. Mr. Harless was married to Miss Mary E. Barker, who was born in Kanawha County, Va., and they have had three sons and one daughter, namely: Wyatt, who is deceased; Watson B., who married a Miss Price and they have four children; C. D., who works for his father, married Alma Grass and they have one child, Reba; Flora, who is the wife of Thomas Evans, and has four children, the oldest Sybil who is an adopted son of Mr. Harless. In his political opinions, Mr. Harless is a Republican. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:05:18 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Hon. Peter SILMAN, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 399-400 HON. PETER SILMAN, president of the Glenwood Bank, of Charleston W. Va., has served efficiently and acceptably in many public positions and is one of the representative business men of the Kanawha Valley. He was born in Kanawha County, now in West Virginia, July 15, 1859. Although Mr. Silman had no other educa-tional advantages than those offered by the public schools, he early acquired the solid knowledge that made him acceptable as a teacher and followed educational work as an instructor for nine years. To be an active and useful citizen in almost any line, it becomes necessary for a man to interest himself more or less vitally in public matters, and Mr. Silman was not slow in recognizing this fact. He won the attention and confidence of his co-workers in the Republican party, and in 1892 was elected sheriff of Kanawha County. The attitude of his fellow citizens regarding his administration may be judged by the fact that when he was a candidate for state treasurer, in 1900, he was elected to that office by a majority of over 20,000 votes. In both his public life and private business Mr. Silman has displayed the practical, sensible qualities which ever mark the strong and successful man, combining with these a large measure of conservatism that is particularly desirable in financial undertakings. In 1908 Mr. Silman became president of the Glenwood Bank, of which his son, Robert Emmett Silman, is cashier, while John J. Melton is vice president. Mr. Silman is also a director in the Capital City Bank. He is identified with a number of other successful enterprises at Charleston which rely on his advice and judgment and seek his cooperation. Mr. Silman was married in 1883, to Miss Minnie C. Jenkins, and they have had five children, namely: Alphonso B., a sign painter; Robert Emmett, cashier of the Glenwood bank; Everett W., who died age 20 years; Hazel, wife of L. J. Higgon-botham; and Helen Lucile. The family residence is at No.1213 Anaconda Avenue, Charleston. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:15:29 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <7c756cc9.251e7951@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Walter B. BROOKS, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 400-404 WALTER B. BROOKS, a well known business man and citizen of Charleston, W. Va., was born in Kanawba county, May 1, 1846, a son of William Chauncey Brooks. He is a descendant in the fifth generation of John Brooks, a native of Connecticut, who spent his life in that state engaged in agriculture. This John was a son of the immigrant ancestor of the family, who came from England about the year 1700. John Brooks married a Connecticut girl who lived to the great age of ninety-six years, and who, it is said, on one occasion was honored by dancing with General Washington, at an entertainment in Boston, shortly before the Father of his Country was elected to the Pres-idency. She was then a young woman. John Brooks and wife were the parents of four sons, Charles, Chauncey, Frederick and John Jr., the last mentioned of whom, after marrying, remained with his widowed mother on the home farm. Chauncey Brooks, who is the next in direct line to the subject of this sketch, left his native state and settled in Baltimore, where he became a very wealthy man, leaving at his death over six millions of dollars. He was the first president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the head of four large wholesale houses in Balt-imore, in which city he was a noted character. He was twice married and had a large family, seven children being born of the first marriage. Two of his sons served in the Confederate army. Charles, one of the three who emigrated settled in New York city, married and had a family. Frederick, son of Chauncey and grandfather of our subject, when a young man set out for Tennessee, intending to go into business there, but at Manasses Junction, Va., meeting a young lady named Frances Oden, he fell in love with and married her, remaining in that place for a time, where he conducted a store. In 1816 he came to the Kanawha Valley, bought salt property and in 1818 settled at the Salt Licks four miles east of Elk, on the north side of the Kanawha river. Here he engaged in the salt manufacturing business, but after residing a few years. in this locality he came to the site of the present city of Charleston and bought a block log house on the spot 'that now marks the cross-ing of Brooks and Kanawha streets. Some years later and previous to the war, he purchased a large plantation in Kentucky, on which he lived throughout that protracted struggle. Though like other members of the Brooks fam-ly, he was the owner of slaves, his sympathies were with the Union cause, and when victory finally declared for the North, he felt it no hardship to surrender the right to his human chattels, or, if it proved a hardship, he at least made the sacrifice willingly. Some of the other members of the Brooks family were supporters of the Confederacy and slave holders on principle. Frederick Brooks died on his plantation in Kentucky, in 1869, aged seventy-seven years. He was an active man of affairs, and was an elder in the Presbyterian church, to which belonged most of the Brookses. In politics be was Whig. His wife died in Kanawba county, some years later at the venerable age of ninety-four. She was a daughter of James and Frances (Skinner) Oden, her mother being a daughter of Gen. Skinner, prominent as a soldier in the Revolutionary army. She lived to the age of ninety-six years. Her youngest son, Maj. James Oden, was born when she was fifty-eight years old, and was noted for his daring courage as displayed in the Revolutionary war. Frederick Brooks and wife had seven sons and one daughter, all of whom grew to maturity. Five married and four of them had large families. All seven are now deceased, together with their wives. The subject of this sketch is the only one of their descendants now residing in Charleston. William Chauncey Brooks, the second son and child of Frederick and Frances Brooks, was born in Loudon county, Va., in October, 1820. He was educated for the law at Princeton college, but later became a salt maker, in which occupation he continued for many years. He became the owner of two boats, the "Blue Wing" and "Blue Ridge," that carried salt to Louisville, Ky., where he did a large business as a commissidn merchant and spent an active life, until his death in Kanawha county, near Charleston, September 30, 1881. He was a Whig in his political principles, but never cared to be called either a Republican or a Democrat. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church and often spoke in meeting. William Chauncey Brooks was married in Charleston to Lavinia Virginia Patrick Brig-ham, who came of a family resident in Virginia for many years but which came originally from Boston, Mass. Her father, William Brigham, settling in Kanawha county, became interested here in salt making, at which he made a fortune. William Chauncey Brooks gave employment to a large number of people and at his death 2,000 salt makers and employes followed him to the grave in funeral procession-a notable concourse for those days in this locality; and show-ing the great respect in which he was held. William Brigham's daughter, Lavinia, who became Mrs. William C. Brooks, was born in Kanawha county, W. Va., in 1825, and died in Denver, Cob., in October, 1894. She and her husband were the parents of thirteen children, seven of whom died in infancy. The others were as follows: (i). Walter B., whose name appears at the head of this article and who will be further referred to herein. (2). Aletha B., now deceased, who was the wife of Charles Small, of Denver. She left two children, Lavinia and Charles. (3). Fannie, who became the wife of B. J. James, of Denver, Col. She and her husband have an adopted child, Phebe Janis. (4). William is a mine owner residing in Mexico and has been very successful there. He is unmarried. (5). Nona is unmarried and resides in Denver. (6). Henry F. is also a resident of Denver, Col., where he is connected with a large manufacturing company. He married Lulu McNamara, belonging to a prominent family of that city. They have no children. Walter B. Brooks, whose nativity has been already given, was educated in a college at Louisville, Ky., in which place he afterwards engaged in the tobacco business, remaining thus occupied for five years. He was then for ten years connected with the salt manufacturing industry in Kanawha. At the end of that time the business had become unprofitable and he reengaged in the tobacco business at Danville, and also at Greenborough, N. C. After seventeen years more spent in this manner, he came to Charleston, of which city he has since been a resident. He is executor of the Dr. Hale estate, and secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Rosin Coal Land Company, owning 1800 acres of land adjacent to this city. He has been a magistrate of Charleston but is independent in politics. Both in Danville and Charleston he has served as an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was married at Mays-ville, Ky., to Mary E. Blatterman, a cultured and well educated young lady, who was born in that city, a daughter of George W. Blatterman and his wife Elinor, the latter in maidenhood Elinor P. Collins, daughter of Judge Lewis Collins. Her father, George W. Blatterman, was born in London, Eng., ninety-one years ago, and is still living, now residing with his daughter, Mrs. Brooks. For one of his years he is remarkably well preserved and is still mentally active. His wife, Mrs. Brooks's mother, died eight years ago at the age of seventy-six years. She came from an old Kentucky family. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are the parents of six children, as follows: (i). George B., born June 17, 1877, is an accountant residing in Charleston; married Mary Hasell McCoy of Wilmington, N. C.; no issue. (2). Edward S., born August 25, 1878, died in infancy. (3). Elinor Collins, born November 21, 1880, is unmarried. (4). William Chauncey, born February 9, 1883, died in infancy. (5). Walter Booth, born March 26, 1884, is now with Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Co. (6). Goldsborough R., born November22, 1887, died in infancy. Mrs. Brooks and her surviving children are affiliated religiously with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Brooks is a Free Mason, belonging to the Commandery. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:23:04 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9b71a7c5.251e7b18@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Andrew C. CALDERWOOD, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 404-405 ANDREW C. CALDERWOOD, general contractor and builder at Charleston, W. Va., of which city he has been a resident since the spring of 1881, is vice president of the City National Bank and was one of its incorporators. Mr. Calderwood is of Scottish birth and ancestry and the thousands who yearly make the pilgrimage to the birthplace of Robert Burns, in Ayreshire, Scotland, doubtless pass the little cottage, a few miles distant, in which he was born, March 12, 1856. His parents were James and Mary (Kerr) Calderwood, both natives of Ayreshire, where the mother died in the prime of life and the father survived to the age of eighty-four years. Of their seven children, six survive and five of these still live in Scotland. Andrew C. Calderwood learned his trade under the supervision of his father, who was also a contractor and builder, and before Andrew was of age he had become superintendent of large contracts in his native section. He was ambitious and after succeeding so well in his own country felt that in America, where better labor conditions pre-vailed and larger opportunities could be found, he could undertake still greater tasks. After considerable preparation he left the shores of Scotland for the United States, taking passage on a steamship, the Achovia of the Anchor line which took 8 days to make the trip, Mr. Calderwood land-ing safely in the city of New York. From there he went to Baltimore, Md., where he was engaged for some months and came from that city to Charleston, having been engaged to work on the construction of the State Capitol building. He was given a position of authority as superintending foreman, and before the completion of that contract he had determined to make this city his home and had commenced the building of the Kanawha Presbyterian church. He built also the Roman Catholic church, the Ruffner Hotel and innumerable public buildings and the time has come when the volume of his business amounts to more than $100,000 annually. His reputation as builder is by no means confined to Charleston but extends all through the state. Mr. Calderwood is justly proud of his success, it having been honestly won. He is especially proud of the fact that in the larger number of his con-tracts at the present time he is given carte blanche, his repu~ation for business integrity being well understood. He is an active and public spirited citizen, a supporter of honest civic government and a promoter of education and religion. Mr. Calderwood was married to Miss Belle Wilson, who was born and reared at Charleston, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Neal) Wilson, both of whom were born in the Kanawha Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Calderwood attend the Presbyterian church. He belongs to Kanawha Lodge No.20, F. & A. M., Chapter and Commandery at Charleston and is also a Shriner. He is identified also with the Odd Fellows and with other local organizations. In politics he is a Democrat. FRANK WOODMAN, who is interested in and also officially connected with many of the great industries which make Charleston, W. Va., a point of considerable business importance, has been a resident since 1875. He is of New England ancestry, but was born at Mineral Point, Wis., September 26, 1846, a son of Cyrus and Charlotte (Flint) Woodman. Cyrus Woodman and wife were both born in Maine, of old Puritan stock. A graduate of Bowdoin College and an able member of the bar, Cyrus Woodman seemed particularly well fitted to enjoy and take part in the intellectual life of the East, but in early manhood he turned his back on these surroundings and, as a pioneer, ventured into the West, locating in Illinois, where he lived for many years and then moved to Wisconsiti. In the latter state he subsequently entered into partnership with C. C. Washburn, later a member of Cpngress and governor of Wisconsin, in purchasing and developing lands. After the close of the Civil War, however, he returned east and settled at Cambridge, Mass., where the remainder of his life was passed, in most congenial surroundings. His death occurred in 1889, his widow surviving him. Frank Woodman was sixteen years old when his parents removed from Wisconsin to Massachusetts, and following this removal he was afforded exceptional educational advantages. During a visit of three years made by the fam-ily in Germany and France, he was instructed in the languages of those countries. After three years at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., he entered Harvard College, where, in 1869, he was graduated with the degree of B. A., acquiring other degrees in the course of years. He then entered the Cambridge Scientific School and studied civil engineering, afterward spending three years in practical work on railroads in the northwestern part of the country. In 1871, Mr. Woodman returned to Europe, where he visited many sections and also perfected himself in civil engineering by taking a course in the great polytechnic school at Paris, France. In 1875 Mr. Woodman chose Charleston, W. Va., as his home, immediately investing and identifying himself with the city's varied interests. To name all the successful enterprise with which he is connected would be to recite those which are of major importance to this section. He is president of the Vulcan Iron Works; president of the Donaldson Lumber Company, of Monroe County; secretary and treasurer of the Kanawha Woolen Mills and of the Daveley Furniture Company, and is also connected with the Kanawba Brick Company. In 1884 Mr. Woodman was married to Miss Nannie Cotton, a daughter of Dr. John Cotton, a well known physician of Charleston. They have two children, Ashton Fitzhugh and Charlotte. The family residence is, No. 1210 Kanawha Street, Charleston. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:26:40 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <53911fb2.251e7bf0@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Major John MOULTON, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 405 MAJOR JOHN MOULTON, who is a resident of South Side, Charleston, W. Va., and for years a prominent citizen of Kanawha County, in which he served for six years as a member of the board of county commissioners, is a veteran officer of the great Civil War. He was born in 1835, in Oxford County, Me., and is a son of John and Jane (Coffin) Moulton, both of whom spent their long lives in the Pine Tree State and survived to be eighty years of age. Major Moulton was the third born in a family of three children, both his elder brothers, James C. and Moses S., being now deceased. John Moulton attended both public and private schools and when he reached maturity went to the State of Minnesota, where he lived for twenty years. In June, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, as a private in the 2d Miun. Vol. Inf. and continued in the arrny during the war, at the close of which he held the rank of major. He then resumed his lumber interests in Minnesota and remained there until 1876, when he transferred his business to West Virginia and continued active until 1901, when he retired. Major Moulton married Miss Ella V. Sheeley and they had three children: Arthur and Annie, both of whom live in North Carolina: and Roscoe, who is deputy county clerk, his father having previously been county clerk for four years. In politics Major Moulton is a Republican. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:38:03 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <168005e.251e7e9b@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Otis Colwell BLAKE, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 405-406 OTIS COLWELL BLAKE, for a number of years was a well known citizen of Charleston, W. Va., identified with the city's business interests, and prior to his death was connected with the Bradford-Noyes china store. He was born November 24, 1858, in Fayette County, W. Va., and died at Charleston, July 24, 1904. His parents were McDowel and Lizzie (Win-sor) Blake. Both the Blakes and Winsors are old families of the state, generations of the Blakes having lived and died at Hill Top, in Fayette County. McDowel Blake and wife are both deceased hut a sister of Mrs. Blake survives, Mrs. Minerva (Winsor) Richards, who is the wife of William Richards, of Oak Hill, W. Va. They are probably the most venerable of all the residents of this section, Mrs. Richards being ninety-one years old and Mr. Richards being one year older. They are members of the Christian church and both are actively in-terested in all that goes on in the neighborhood despite their advanced age. A large family was born to McDowel Blake and wife, of which the late Otis Colwell Blake was one of the intermediate members. Those who still survive are: Thomas, who is a substantijal citizen of Fayette County; Edgar, who is in the contract-ing business and lives in California; and Mrs. Mintie Brown, a widow, who resides at Cincinnati. Otis Colwell Blake was married at Charleston to Miss Ella Rand Means, who was born in this city, March 10, 1859, and was reared and educated here; and with the exception of an absence of eight years in Fayette County, following her marriage in February, 1883, Mrs. Blake has spent her whole life here. She is the only daughter of Joseph and Fanny (Craig) Means, natives of Kanawha County. Mr. Means was a well known business man of Charleston. During the Civil War he was a Unionist in his attitude on public questions, and was always a highly respected citizen. He married Fanny Craig, who was born in Kana-wha County in 1845 and still survives. They had two children: William and Ella Rand. William Means was born in 1861 and died in 1898. He was a stationary engineer and followed his profession at Charleston. In poli-tics he was a Democrat and he belonged to the fraternal organization, the Red Men. He never married. To Mr. and Mrs. Blake three children were born, namely: Gaston, who died at birth; Mildred, who was born in June, 1884, at Hill Top, W. Va., and is the wife of Stephen Harmon; and Allan McDowel, who was born in October, 1887. He was educated at Charleston and lives with his mother. He is an energetic and succesful young business man and is agent for an automobile company. The late Otis C. Blake was reared oh a farm in Fayette County and when he came first to Charleston he followed the carpenter's trade and later became a salesman for the above named china company. He was identified with the American Mechanics. In politics he was a Republican. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, always active in its work, and his widow and children belong to the same religious organization. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:43:13 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: William Hubbard GOODWIN, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 406-407 WILLIAM HUBBARD GOODWIN, general merchant and representative citizen of Malden, W. Va., was born in this place, April i6, 1872, and is a son of George A. and Sarah E. (High) Goodwin, both of whom are living and are highly respected people of Malden. The father was born in Rockbridge County, Va., and came to Kanawha County in 1871, with the C. & 0. Railroad, where he shortly afterward was married to Miss Sarah E. High. They have four chil-dren: William Hubbard; Cammie, who is the wife of H. 0. Ruffner; Hall G.; and Anna, who is the wife of H. J. Harbey, of Charleston. William H. Goodwin learned the carpenter's trade with his father after he had attended the public schools and his first business position was a clerkship in the Pioneer Coal Company's store at Dana Sta-tion. He then took a business course at Staunton, Va., after which he returned to Malden as clerk for E. L. Rooke and later, in partnership with this employer, opened up a general store at Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, subsequently selling his interest and coming back to his birthplace. In May, 1910, he bought his present store building from Wallace Averill, put in a first class stock and has been quite prosperous, being numbered with the successful business men. In September, 1894, Mr. Goodwin was married to Miss Lottie L. Scott, a daughter of James and A. E. Scott, and they have one child, Gladys R. Mr. Goodwin is an active citizen and is particularly interested in the public schools. He served four years on the Board of Education and was reelected and served as president of that body for four years more. He is prominent in several fraternal orders, belonging to Lodge No.87, Knights of Pythias at Mallden, and has been deputy grand chancellor; and has been collector of wampum, in Lodge No.26, Red Men, also at Maiden. In politics he is a Democrat. 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